Shadi Hamid on Democracy, Liberalism, and the Middle East

Autocracy as we understand it today is a modern creation. I think there we see very few successful examples of modern autocracies that are able to sustain themselves.
Shadi Hamid

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Shadi Hamid is a columnist and member of the Editorial Board at The Washington Post. He is also a research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary and the co-host of the podcast Wisdom of Crowds (wisdomofcrowds.live). His most recent book is The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea (amzn.to/3LJ0rMH).

Key Highlights
• Introduction - 0:32
• The Problem of Democracy - 2:25
• Islamism - 5:51
• Turkey - 22:47
• Autocratic Rulers - 32:20
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The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea (amzn.to/3F3OMEF)by Shadi Hamid

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